Idaho Supreme Court Rules Fourth Amendment Violated When Drug-Sniffing Dog “Intermeddled” With Defendant’s Car
Nero the police dog put his paws on the side of the car, which qualifies as a trespass, and thereby also a “search” under the Fourth Amendment.
In State v. Dorff, a decision issued on March 20, the Idaho Supreme Court suppressed evidence obtained in a police search of a car because Nero the drug-sniffing police dog committed “trespass” by “i…